"Couleur" meaning in German

See Couleur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kuˈløːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Couleur.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from French couleur (“color”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|couleur|t=color}} Borrowed from French couleur (“color”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f,s}} Couleur f (genitive Couleur, plural Couleurs) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,s}} Forms: Couleur [genitive], Couleurs [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Couleur [nominative, singular], Couleurs [definite, nominative, plural], Couleur [genitive, singular], Couleurs [definite, genitive, plural], Couleur [dative, singular], Couleurs [dative, definite, plural], Couleur [accusative, singular], Couleurs [accusative, definite, plural], Kouleur [alternative], Koulör [alternative], Kulör [alternative]
  1. (figurative) shade, kind, caliber Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-Couleur-de-noun-rQ9-lUXW Categories (other): German terms with collocations
  2. (university slang) headgear and ribbons traditionally worn by members of a particular Studentenverbindung Tags: feminine Derived forms: couleurfähig Related terms: Zuckercouleur
    Sense id: en-Couleur-de-noun-fRv4dXmQ Categories (other): German terms with collocations, Universities, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95

Inflected forms

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